Automobile signal light and traffic indicator



i. BAYER AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL LIGHT AND TRAFFIC INDICATOR Jan 27.

Filed June 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wuawtoz AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL LIGHT ANDTRAFFIC INDICATOR W Filed June 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 271925 IGNATZ BAYER,.i ;E DETROIT, ICHIGAN,

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAII IEIGHT ANDETRAEEICINDIOATOR.

Application. filed June 8,

To all wha'mrz't may concern;

Be 1t known that l, lie-NA BAYER, Clllk Zen of Yugoslav a, res ding atrDetroit n I the count 1 01 VVa- 'ne and State of Michi ran ,1 of anautomobile l l e haveinvented certain new and useful: Im-

provements in Automobile. Signal-Light and Trafficlndicators, ofvhich-the folloavlng. IS a SPEClllGttlOH,1CfQFGHCQ'bGIHg113d. thereinrear ,end of an automobile or to indicate to a following-automobile1that the signal carrying automobileis about to turn or change directionof travel, thus}: Warning the; driver or chauffienr of the-ifole; lowingautomobile in sufficient time to avoid congested traflicq The primary bect of my invention is to provide a direction indicator with: -ivliichlingidevicei ma be associated; the ordinan, tail lam 1' and in additionto thislamp theldireetiom indicator includes a flash :lamp automatimcally illuminated and a tell-tale lampr.,il--v luminated-in synchronismWith said-flash; lamp, said flash lamp assistingiin the il-x luminationof the indicator and attracting; attention thereto, Whilesaidtelltaledamp informs a driver -or chauffeur of the" signal carryingautomobilethat the signal on the-I rear end.v of the automobile isWorkingsatisfactorily.

Another; object of this invention is to pro: ride a traffic indicatingdevice embodying..- a reciprocablejspring retracted.iindicaton safelyhousedand. protected; Within ;a casing and adapted to beprotectedtherefrom. The

projection of the indicatorimaybe accoin-w plished .from a clutch,brake. or -other-.control pedal or lever of an automobile andoperationof the indicator; causes the: lamp to beilluminated so that-the signalWill-serve well as in the" its purpose in the darkas light.

A further object of my inventioniqis to provide a direction indicatorwhereiinthe; parts areconstructedavith a view of reducing the cost ofmanufacture and atthewsame time retain those features-by Which-safety,durability and accessibility are. secured. lVith such ends in View myinvention resides dicator that-may be mounted .:,on the; other vehicle)in the; HOVQlvCOllSlilTllQtFlOIl toybehereinafter specificallydescribed?and'then claimed. f

Figure l is a side elevation. of-a. portion device. in accordance Withmy inventiong-i Fig. 2 1s a rear eleration. of the showingcthe signal;devlce as having been oper ated;

automobile provided with a signalling Fig. is an enlarged longitudinalvertical sectional zvieiv of .the signalling device;

Fig: is a horizontal::sectional; view taken on the line IV IV. of Fig.13-;

Fig. 5 is a. broken; away and partly: in sectlonyn Fig; 16 is a. crossvsectionalmview: taken onthe line VI-,.VI of Fig. 3 I

plan of the :device, partly Fig; {Tis a view of theontcr cndaof thesignalling device my; signal-,= rand. Fig. Basia Wiring dlagram of thesignal-i Referencevwill first be had. to the signal ,8 is a sideelevation of a pedal, actu a rear-on COlllSlOIi or accident ncident to;ated 1nechan1sn1. that may be. 'used to actuate;

,-exl1ibitor-=;o1-' indicator which is. adaptedrfon mounting at therearend-of anautomobilm butimay (be placedint any other. placeon .sucha. Iliad-11116.50]: VGhlClBJj The GX-lII'bltOL comprises an oblongmetallic casing; having, .a

2a rear Wall 1, end

Walla, :tion being located-zadjacentthe end nvall 3 a; top 1 all 5,. adetachable front wall Walls.v 2;. and 13, bottom and, atransverse;partition 7:, said part-1i and; providing asmall lamp"compartment... and a: large-,1mechanism compartment 1W1thin the casing.z The detachable .fflOllt' Wall a 6 may be secured by screws or otherfasten mg meansto intm'ned flanges of the Walls .2, 3-, 4 and i5.

lens containing suit-.

That end of the front Wall 6 closing; the lamp compartment'is providedablezindiciafor instance,'.the Word-stop as shown in Fig; i2

or it may be simply red-1n color :to indicate danger.

-. Oli-tliezinnerface of the rear wall 1 are ostsll s11 ortinttzSllClilblO indicator mem- P P a:

ber. 10 .Which has a longitudinal slot 11 to .rece-ivethe; ends ofthepostsl) and. the. end Walls of: said slot; will limitthe inward and.

outward:movementiof the indicator memher by contracting With-. said!posts. The 2:

posts .9,--holdstthewexhibiton=member 10 in parallelism with the Wall 1and mounted ""and the partition 7 is provided with a lamp socket 16 foran incandescent lamp 17, which when illuminated will cast rays of lightthrough the lens 8 and the window 15, the latter permitting of thedisplay member 12 being observed in the dark.

so that when said clutch pedal is Mounted on the indicator member is acombined cable and spring connector 18 connected by a coiled retractilespring 19 to the end wall 2 of the casing and attached to the. connector18, in alinement with the coiled spring 19, is the inner end of a cableor flexiblemember 2O trained over a sheave 21 rotatable between bearings22 carried by the bottom Wall 1 in proximity to the partition 7. Thecable is also trained over a horizontally disposed sheave 23 rotatablebetween bearings 24, carried by the rear wall 1, and said cable extendsout of an opening 25 in the rear wall 1. If the outer end of the cable20 is pulled upon the indicator member 10 is shifted and the displaymember 12 projected from the casing, such shifting of the indicatormember placing the coiled spring 19 under additional tension so thatwhen the cable is released or slack the retractile force of the springwill return the indicator member 10 to its normal posit-ion within themechanism compartment of the casing,

Mounted on the rear wall 1 is an insulator 26 provided with a contactmember 27 and a resilient inclined switch arm 28 in'the path of theconnector 18 and adapted to be pressed thereby into en agement with thecontact member 27 to c ose said switch.

As set forth in the beginning the exhibitor is adapted to be mounted atthe rear end of an automobile 29 and as shown in Fig. 1 the rear wall 1of the exhibitor may have a suitable bracket 30 by which it may beconveniently attached to the automobile.

I The cable or flexible member 20 is adapted edal 31 epressed by thedriver or chauffeur of the automobile, to throw the clutch out theexhibitor will be actuated. In some instances the throw or movement ofthe clutch pedal may not be sufficient to fully actuate the exhibitor inwhich case sector gears 32 and 34 may be employed and suitably mountedto extend forwardly to a clutch relative to the automobile body. Thesector gear 32 has a short crank 35 connected by a rod 33 to the clutchpedal 31, and the sector gear 34 has a long apertured crank 36 to whichthe cable 20 may be connected. By providing the long crank 36 with aseries of apertures it is possible to connect the cable 20 so that itwill accurately actuate the exhibitor in accordance with the adjustmentof the clutch pedal or any other operating instrumentality to which thecable may be indirectly connected.

Mounted on the top wall 5 of the exhibitor casing is a bracket 37supporting a regulation or required tail lamp, and by reference to Figs.1 and 9 it will be noted that this tail lamp and the tail lamp 17 may bein circuit with a common source of electrical energy, but since the taillamp 38 must be at all times illuminated at night or during theoperation of the automobile, I plefer to place the lamp 17 in a separatecircuit with a tell-tale lamp 39 mounted on the instrument board of theautomobile 29. The tell-tale lamp 39 is in circuit with a suitablesource of electrical energy, as battery cells 40 and when the switch arm28 is actuated by the connector 18, the telltale lamp will beilluminated in synchronism with the lamp 17, thus indicating to thedriver or chautfeur of the automobile that the exhibitor is workingsatisfactorily.

It is thought that the operation and utility of my invention will beapparent without further description, and while in the drawings thereare illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

lVhatI claim is 2- A signalling device comprising a casing having apartition therein providing a lamp compartment and a mechanismcompartment, an electric lamp in said lamp compartment, an indicatorslidably supported in said mechanism compartment and extending throughsaid partition into said lamp compartment and adapted to be projectedfrom an end wall of said lamp compartment, a switch in said mechanismcompartment in circuit with said lamp, a connector on said indicatoradapted to engage and close said switch when said indicator is projectedfrom said lamp compartment, and means connected to said connector tofacilitate projecting said indicator.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IGNATZ BAYER.

Witnesses:

Orro F. BAR'IHEL, ANNA M. Dona.

